On the dynamics of low latitude, wide and shallow coastal system: Numerical simulations of the Upper Gulf of Thailand

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 557-571

  Saramul, Suriyan ^a   Ezer, Tal ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monsoon; Numerical model; Rivers; Tides; Upper Gulf of Thailand

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOCKS; DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TIDES;

CORIOLIS PARAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GULF OF THAILAND; MONSOON; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

RIVERS;

CLOUD COVER; COAST; DRY SEASON; HEAT FLUX; LATITUDE; MODEL; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SIMULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WET SEASON; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

GULF OF THAILAND; NEW JERSEY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCETON [NEW JERSEY]; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897917096     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-014-0703-z     Document Type: Article

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